Six top books for shy readers

At the Guardian Katy Guest tagged six of the best depictions of shyness in fiction, including:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Austen’s Mr Darcy embodies a particular sort of shy person: one so stricken by social anxiety that he ends up coming across as arrogant. He snubs Elizabeth at the Meryton ball, because dancing embarrasses him. His first marriage proposal is excruciating: “In vain have